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Soudan Underground Mine

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Mine opening
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Mine shaft to underground
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Stope
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Stairs go up to upper mining levles


Banded jasper
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Mining area
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Greenstone
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The furthest extent that the iron ore was mined was to the greenstone here.


Slickensides
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The movement along a fault makes the iron shine.


Rail cars
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The way to get along the stopes to the mining area.


Quartz crystals
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They have a small museum at the mine entrance.


Conveyor to the trains
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The iron ore was loaded on trains here.

You can take a tour of the mine which goes about a half mile underground and takes a rail car along the stopes.  

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Soudan Underground Mine State Park

The Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota state park at the site of the Soudan Underground Mine, on the south shore of Lake Vermilion. The mine is known as Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine, and now hosts the Soudan Underground Laboratory. As the Soudan Iron Mine, it has been designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

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